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Kim Engeln
The Fairway Fund ARCS Endowed Scholar
Given by the Susan & George Swindells Endowment
OHSU School of Medicine, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Research Interest: Kim studies the pathological neuronal plasticity triggered by withdrawal from chronic opioid use that leads to long lasting drug cravings and relapse.
Amy Glen
The Ashford/Jarvis Scholar
Given by Meleah & Scott Ashford and Anne & Peter Jarvis
OSU College of Engineering,
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Amy’s research is focused on data integration and edge prediction in biomedical knowledge graphs with the aim of advancing translational reasoning efforts such as drug repurposing.
Krista Habing
The Wallace & Elizabeth Preble Scholar Given by Wallace & Elizabeth Preble
OHSU School of Medicine,
Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
Through two projects, Krista’s work is improving our understanding of muscle healing by investigating the relationships between cardiovascular disease and
age related muscle loss along with the impairment of healing that is seen in concurrent bone-muscle injuries.
Felisha Imholt
The Jill V. Josselyn Endowed Scholar Given by Jill V. Josselyn
OSU College of Science, Biochemistry & Biophysics
Felisha studies the ferlin family of proteins in order to better understand how these proteins contribute to deafness and muscular dystrophy.
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